Enduring the Winter

Chapter 20

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The night is very quiet, and the neighborhood is even quieter.

The taxi stopped at the door, and the teenager sitting in the passenger seat gave the money, opened the door and walked into the night.

It rained several times recently, and the air was humid. When he got out of the car, he coughed and covered it with his hand.

Come to a villa.

This garden complex is not new, it is nearly twenty years old, it was the most expensive real estate in the city when it first opened, and it was overtaken a few years ago.

He was so impressed.

Originally, his father was going to buy a house in that new real estate, and the deposit had already been paid.

That year when he was in the second year of junior high school, his father came home happily one night, saying that the house would be handed over at the end of the year, and that he would be able to move in next year after the renovation was completed.

He brought back the structure diagram and showed it to the whole family.

The new villa also has three floors, with a master bedroom on the first floor. When everyone gathered together to discuss how to divide the house, my father smiled and said to Wang Jie: "Let's live in the master bedroom on the second floor. I like to live on the second floor when I live in a house."

Wang Jie said yes again and again, and looked at the picture with great interest.

Looking up from the book, he accidentally recalled that his mother used to live on the third floor.

Xu Yiheng was held in Wang Jie's arms, and Wang Jie asked, "Which floor does Xiao Heng like?"

Xu Yiheng broke free from Wang Jie's arms, but Wang Jiela didn't hold back, and jumped directly to Xu Hui who was sitting beside him.

He said crisply: "I will live where my brother lives!"

Wang Jie was a little embarrassed.

"Don't disturb your brother's reading..."

Xu Yiheng was ten years old at the time, when the boy was at his craziest, but his character was relatively introverted, he was always listless in school, and only let go in front of his parents when he got home.

Xu Hui looked down at him without speaking.

The father said to Xu Hui with a hint: "How about you and your brother live on the third floor? The third floor is spacious and there is an attic."

Xu Yiheng clapped his hands excitedly, "Attic!" He tugged on Xu Hui's sleeve, "Brother...Brother!"

Xu Yiheng is very cute and has inherited the beauty of his parents.

After all, there is a blood relationship, he looks somewhat similar to Xu Hui.

Xu Yiheng's eyes were big and energetic, and he stared at Xu Hui carefully. "Brother... let's live on the third floor."

Xu Hui didn't know what was going through his mind, and was silent for a long time.

His father called him in a low voice: "Ah Hui..."

Xu Hui raised his eyes and saw his father and Wang Jie looking at him.

He nodded, "OK."

Xu Yiheng lay on Xu Hui's back and shouted happily.

That night, Xu Yiheng stayed in Xu Hui's room and refused to leave very late.

He was very excited, jumping up and down in Xu Hui's room.

Xu Hui was lying on the bed playing a game console, and Xu Yiheng lay down on his stomach.

"Brother, your birthday is the day after tomorrow!"

Xu Hui hummed.

"Where have you been? Is there a classmate going? I'll go too."

Xu Hui snorted and didn't take his eyes off the game console.

Xu Yiheng grabbed Xu Hui's hand, "Where are you?"

Xu Hui pushed him away, frowning.

"Don't move."

"Where is that? Where is where?"

The rhythm was disrupted, and the robot operated by Xu Hui was finally bombarded by artillery fire and fell to the ground.

Xu Hui closed his eyes and threw the game console aside, while Xu Yiheng was still asking.

"Where is it, brother?"

Xu Hui covered up the quilt impatiently, "I have to go to school, my birthday is not coming."

"Ah, why not!" Xu Yiheng was a little disappointed.

"School make-up lessons." Xu Hui said casually, and fell asleep under the quilt.

He casually said...

The yard is untended and full of debris.

Father is out to discuss business.

It is said that home is a haven of shelter from the wind, but in the past two years, his father has returned only a handful of times.

The unpopular house looks extraordinarily cold.

Xu Hui took out the key to open the door. When the key was turned halfway, someone opened it inside.

It's Aunt Wu, the nanny.

Aunt Wu is in her forties and is a professional housekeeper.

After an accident at home, her father asked her to help take care of Wang Jie for several years.

Xu Hui seldom saw her, and she was by Wang Jie's side as soon as she stepped into the house, so she had strong hostility towards Xu Hui.

Aunt Wu probably came over to open the door when she heard the movement at the door. Seeing Xu Hui, she couldn't help but let out an ah, then immediately blocked the door, looked at Xu Hui and said:

"Your father isn't home."

Xu Hui hummed stiffly, "I'll come back and get something."

Aunt Wu was a little hesitant, "Your mother is home today..."

Xu Hui put his hands in his trouser pockets.

"Is she home?"

"Yeah, I've been in the hospital during the day, and I'm not feeling well recently, so I'll come back to rest at night." She looked at Xu Hui, "So you can take it in two days."

"She..." Xu Hui hesitated to speak, and kept his head down, looking at the ground.

At this time, another voice came, a somewhat weak female voice.

"Sister Wu, who is it?"

"No one!" Aunt Wu immediately turned around and shouted, then turned back and winked at Xu Hui vigorously. "Hurry up."

Xu Hui rolled his eyes and hesitated for a while, but his feet hadn't moved yet.

The sound of slippers gradually approached, Aunt Wu raised her hand and pushed Xu Hui, and was about to close the door, Xu Hui pulled out a hand to hold it.

"Sister Wu?" Wang Jie walked over and finally saw Xu Hui at the door.

"..."

Aunt Wu stomped her feet, "Hey!" She gave Xu Hui a hard look.

Wang Jie is not yet forty years old, she is already too old to look good, she can't find her original demeanor at all, her hair is mostly gray and undyed, her skin is rough, and her eyes are dark and dark.

The moment she saw Xu Hui, she stood in a daze, then turned her head and walked upstairs in silence.

"Little Jie!" Aunt Wu followed her to support her, leaving Xu Hui alone at the door.

"Aunt Wang." Xu Hui said.

Wang Jie turned around, and before Xu Hui could say anything, she had already said, "You can take whatever you want, don't ask me."

"no… "

Xu Hui felt like a stone was pressed against his chest, and he struggled to speak like sand.

"Xiaoheng..."

Just after saying two words, Wang Jie suddenly screamed.

"Take what you want! Take what you want! Don't ask me! Don't ask me!"

Her voice was too high-pitched and out of tune.

Aunt Wu hugged her and patted her on the back.

"Okay, okay, Xiaojie, don't think about it anymore." Pointing at Xu Hui at the door, squinting his eyes, his fingertips were like awls, and said through gritted teeth:

"How can you be so bad at such a young age! I've never seen you so vicious! You killed your brother and now you come back to kill your mother!"

It's just early autumn, but the house is already as cold as ice.

Wang Jie collapsed, covering her face, crying loudly.

"You are so bad!" Aunt Wu was still pointing at Xu Hui, her face was distorted with anger, and she kept saying, "What's wrong with your mother and you still talk about it! You ruined this whole house, and let you do everything well." destroyed!"

Xu Hui's hands in his trouser pockets were clasped together. He didn't use much force, but he was shaking violently.

A threshold on the ground is not high, but it can never be crossed.

Xu Hui couldn't hear a word anymore, he slammed the door hard, turned his back and ran away.

Aunt Wu stared at the door and screamed, "What is it! What is it, this is it!"

Wang Jie knelt down on the ground, and Aunt Wu stroked her back repeatedly.

"Ignore him!"

Aunt Wu sighed, and said, "It's really bad! Xiaojie, if you want me to tell you, just keep an eye on Xu Zhenggang, and it's best to have another one yourself, and don't give him the last penny! Let him know the retribution! Hey! ... You are so kind, God has no eyes, and kindness will not be rewarded. Xiaoheng is such a good child, smart and cute."

In the empty villa, the crying was almost insane.

He ran too far.

Out of the yard, out of the community, and ran for two full streets before stopping.

His body was covered in sweat, and his throat was extremely dry.

In the small shop, Xu Hui took a bottle of water, threw down the money and left. The boss behind him called him vigorously, "Change! Change!" He didn't hear it, and strode away.

A bottle of Nongfu Spring sold for 100 yuan, and the boss grinned happily.

Xu Hui poured a whole bottle of water by the side of the road, drank half, poured half, his clothes were soaked, but his body was still hot.

Throwing the empty bottle aside, Xu Hui wiped his face vigorously.

His face was very wet, I don't know if it was water or something else.

Ten minutes passed.

The wet shirt was blown by the evening wind, clinging to his skin. Under the night, he looked even thinner.

Xu Hui sat on the side of the road, holding his head tightly with both hands.

The sweat was gone and he was starting to feel cold.

Bai Lu was awakened from her sleep.

In the middle of the night, she smelled the smell of the road from the phone.

He spoke out of breath and his tone shifted.

"Why on earth..."

Bai Lu was confused, "What?"

"Why on earth did you say that about me, why did you say that about me..."

Bai Lu just woke up, unable to adapt to the sudden light, she frowned and closed her eyes.

Xu Hui's voice trembled, as if he was more confused than her.

"Why on earth did you say those things to me?"

Bai Lu was silent for a while and said, "I'm sorry."

"Who asked you to apologize to me..."

"What about that?"

What do you want

He didn't know what to do either.

Bai Lu glanced at the time during the silence, it was half past two.

He also stood on the street blowing.

The sound of breathing in the receiver became heavier, and Bai Lu whispered: "If you don't like what I said, just pretend I didn't say it."

She almost heard his grinding teeth.

After thousands of spins, Xu Hui was discouraged, and cursed in a low voice: "It's all your fucking fault."

"what?"

"It's all your fault..." Xu Hui said, rather than complaining, it sounded more like a rascal when he was desperate.

Bai Lu was dizzy, and she didn't want to find out what Xu Hui's words meant. She simply attributed it to the sequelae of the last unintentional conversation.

"I'm sorry." She didn't want to use her brain. If she thought too much at night, she would not be able to sleep easily. There is a weekly test tomorrow, and she doesn't want to waste her mind on Xu Hui's phone call.

Xu Hui took the blame, and Bai Lu apologized again and again.

The drowsy voice made Bai Lu look extra gentle and full of sincerity.

"Forget it..." Xu Hui's tone finally returned to normal, leaving only exhaustion.

"It's nothing... I'm used to it."

Bai Lu closed her eyes and slowly lost consciousness, unable to hear what Xu Hui said at all.

Only Xu Hui was left talking to himself on the phone.

"Actually, I wanted to ask... I haven't seen him for a long time..."

He becomes too vulnerable.

"I dare not see him..."

"Last time I went there secretly, there was only a little bit of him left, and all the muscles in his body were pumped together."

"He's completely different from what he used to be."

"Do you think he can return to his original form when he wakes up..."

"Egret..."

The wind was blowing, covering his vulnerable voice.

"I'm scared… "